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1.1       root        1: From npois!npoiv!harpo!decvax!teklabs!tektronix!tekid!rogerw Wed Dec 15 00:06:41 1982
                      2: Date: Mon Dec 13 09:55:44 1982
                      3: From: npois!npoiv!harpo!decvax!teklabs!tektronix!tekid!rogerw
                      4: Subject: Re: Massive copyright violations on the net
                      5: Via: cbosgd.UUCP (V3.94 [3/6/82]); 15-Dec-82 00:06:40-EST (Wed)
                      6: To: tektronix!teklabs!decvax!harpo!npoiv!npois!cbosgd!mark
                      7: In-Reply-To: Your news article cbosgd.2878 of Fri Dec 10 13:11:07 1982
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                     10: I have been advised by lawyers that a newspaper's editor, publisher, and
                     11: owner are liable for the contents of the paper along with the people
                     12: writing the articles; especially in the case of letters to the editor.
                     13: I'm not a lawyer, but let me speculate.  It could be argued that a system
                     14: that just mechanically receives and passes on news is like a mail carrier.
                     15: A site that has human intervention, to selectively censor articles, might
                     16: assume greater liability.
                     17:      Finally, remember Disney v. Sony.  How is a Beta-Max different from
                     18: a Vax [in a legal sense, that is]?  It was the makers of the video recorder
                     19: who were sued.
                     20:      The current copyright laws are simply not up to the questions imposed by
                     21: the electronic age; I suspect the net could become a can of worms similar to
                     22: home video recorders.
                     23: --Roger Wells [tektronix!tekid!rogerw]
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